Precarious balance of nitrogen metabolism in women with a urea-cycle defect

N Engl J Med. 1990 Jun 7;322(23):1668-70. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199006073222310.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Allopurinol
  • Ammonia / blood
  • Coma / etiology
  • Female
  • Genetic Carrier Screening / methods
  • Heterozygote
  • Humans
  • Nitrogen / metabolism*
  • Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase / genetics
  • Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease*
  • Pregnancy
  • Puerperal Disorders / etiology
  • Uridine / analogs & derivatives
  • Uridine / urine

Substances

  • Allopurinol
  • Ammonia
  • orotidine
  • Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase
  • Nitrogen
  • Uridine